Christmas and Advent Archives

Has Christmas been the most selfish time of the year for you?

Suddenly, I could see that my heart has at times been plain rotten when it comes to gifts.

This Christmas whether I face big interruptions to my plans or small ones, I want to avoid the mistakes other Control Girls of the Bible made

Let’s face it. No one wants to be told they need help handling money—especially if those people are your parents. Honor them this Christmas by...

The Music of Christmas is unlike any other: It fills the airwaves, fills our hearts and fills our collective remembrances.

We can be sure, the devil’s working overtime. He never takes a Christmas vacation.

Joy doesn’t depend on good circumstances. It’s based on your relationship with a good God, which you can rely on even during bad circumstances.

Advent has been buried under a pile of twinkle lights, plastic reindeer, and the Grinch. Here's why.

It’s unrealistic to think you won’t miss your loved ones, but holidays are for celebrating, not for grieving.

Nobody announces that the Christmas season has begun. They just change the music in the stores and in the mall.

The advent of Jesus is the advent of hope for a suffering world.

Something powerful happened that Christmas Eve in 1915.

If this were a world of light, it would be easy to see the truth about Jesus. But this is a world in darkness, into which Jesus steps as the true...

Love was when God surprised those he had created by being born as one of them—as a baby.

Although the Christmas season is notorious for its stress, you don’t have to be swept away by it.